Amid the so-called crisis of metaphysicsof the last several hundred years, philosophers in the 20th century re-encountered and began a reappreciation of the mediaeval thought of Thomas Aquinas.
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Drawing from Aristotle of Stagira, Aquinas placed the Formal cause on prominent display as the foundation for his Metaphysics of esse.
This crisis can be traced, at least in part, to modern Western philosophy\'s rejection of a specifying or Formal cause in metaphysical analysis.
Amid the so-called crisis of metaphysicsof the last several hundred years, philosophers in the 20th century re-encountered and began a reappreciation of the mediaeval thought of Thomas Aquinas